So, as promised, I have plenty of cat pictures to show you.

Friday, I got up early, put on the Christmas music, and started carrying up my boxes of Christmas decorations. I really love decorating for Christmas. But, I sort of forgot how difficult it is to decorate with the felines in my house.

First, I opened up my box of Byer’s Carolers. Lately, my parents have been getting these figurines for me each Christmas. I really love them, because they are handpainted and therefore, each are unique.

Apparently, the cats don’t care about the carolers. But they do care about the box they come in.

Needless to say, I’ll have to find a new box to store these guys now.

Then, I started putting the garland up on my staircase. The dangling, fake pine needles were just too much temptation for Ferris and Simone.

**Sigh**

So I have this little puppet/marionette nutcracker that I hang on a doorknob in our kitchen. It’s got this little string that you pull and the nutcrackers arms and legs go up. Ferris enjoyed making him dance. A lot.

Sense a trend here?

So, we decided to give the cats a new toy to keep them busy, and away from the Christmas decorations. We gave them these soft mice with bells at the end of their tails. Ferris kept doing this funny thing where he’d take the bell in his mouth, and then sway the toy back and forth. It was hilarious.

And fortunately, this kept him busy for a long time.

Simone had to investigate, and then guard the new decorations I put out on our “football table” (that’s what Neal calls it because it has these leather “laces” on the top).

So, Mom and I went shopping Saturday. Usually crowds in stores overwhelm me and give me anxiety attacks, but I didn’t really have an agenda, so I was able to just chill and enjoy the afternoon browsing sales. I did pick up Christmas presents for the cats, and I decided to be evil and buy a little shirt for Ferris. I was getting back at him for being such a shit while I was decorating (He chewed on my freakin’ window candles! What animal chews on glass bulbs!).

So Neal and I put it on him.

He HATED it. I couldn’t get a decent picture because he kept wriggling around, haha.

HAHA! How cute is that!

OK, and I forgot to put bread on the list when Neal went to the grocery store today. I have toast in the morning, so I kind of panicked, because I hate my routine messed with. I decided to improvise and make my own bread! I have been eyeing up this recipe for English Muffin Bread and decided to give it a shot. It was actually really easy, since I didn’t have to knead it at all.

The house smelled amazing while the loaves were cooking.

Yum! I’ll let you know how it tastes when I enjoy it tomorrow morning with my coffee!

I can’t believe tomorrow is December already. Neal and I are going to get our tree next weekend, so I’m going to try to think of some yummy treat to bake up while we string up the lights. It’s crazy to me to think that there are only three weekends until Christmas.

Oh, and exciting news. Neal and I ordered a DSLR camera, something we’ve both been wanting for a long time. It’s a little Christmas present to ourselves. I’m looking forward to taking great pictures for the blog. So stay tuned!